Review of the book "Portuguese Missionary Grammars in Asia, Africa and Brazil, 1550–1800"

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The present monograph constitutes the first complete study and most extensive research to date of Portuguese missionary linguistics, covering three continents, South America (Brazil), Africa, and Asia, through the entire pre-modern period (16th–18th centuries). It provides an integrated framework, analysis and evaluation of the first grammars (as well as catechisms and vocabularies) written in Portuguese by missionaries. The author is arguably the most renowned scholar in the growing field of missionary linguistics and certainly its main promoter. This book is the result of many years of research.

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